Inspiration Information / Wings Of Love

"He's the unsung hero of blues and funk. His music is so potent that it only blossomed 30 years after it was first released." - Questlove

Inspiration Information / Wings Of Love features the original Inspiration Information album paired with Wings Of Love, an album of 13 previously unreleased live and studio tracks recorded 1975-2000. The first CD will comprise the original nine-song Inspiration Information album, with the addition of four previously unreleased bonus tracks recorded in 1971. The second CD, Wings Of Love, is the first new music that the world has heard from Shuggie since 1974.

"Shuggie Otis' eclectic style and stellar musicianship stayed intact." - The New York Times


Voted BEST NEW RE-ISSUE by Pitchfork. "Wings Of Love is a quietly amazing document of Otis' dogged determination"

"Shuggie Otis is the living avatar of psychedelic soul, a true guitar virtuoso." - The Hollywood Reporter


"To call Inspiration information a magnificent anomaly - a work of genius - is an understatement." - Magnet Magazine